Angela Sutton
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Vanderbilt to host Symposium on Universities, Cities and Communities Sept. 21–22
More than half of the world’s population lives in dense urban areas. The College of Arts and Science’s Grand Challenge Initiative on Cities is hosting a two-day symposium to address critical questions, such as: What makes a successful city, and how might universities and scholars introduce innovative ways of understanding cities, their problems and their solutions? Read MoreSep 18, 2023
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NEH grant to help uncover history of lost historic Nashville neighborhood
A National Endowment for the Humanities grant awarded to Vanderbilt’s Angela Sutton, assistant dean for graduate education and strategic initiatives in the College of Arts and Science, will help fund the excavation of a historic Nashville neighborhood and a collection of the oral histories of the neighborhood’s descendants. Read MoreMay 16, 2023
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Reconstructing a Lost Neighborhood: MTSU–Vanderbilt collaboration unearths African American history at base of Fort Negley
Students and professors from Middle Tennessee State and Vanderbilt universities are working together to uncover new archaeological details about a largely forgotten African American neighborhood that was an important part of Nashville’s post-Civil War history. Read MoreOct 20, 2021
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Vanderbilt joins peer group studying legacies of slavery and racial injustice
Vanderbilt University has become the newest member of the Universities Studying Slavery consortium as part of its reinvigorated commitment to confront racial injustice while working toward a more inclusive and welcoming campus community. Read MoreJun 18, 2021
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Arts and humanities faculty finding grants success with support of RDS team
An emerging trend has developed in the arts and humanities community at Vanderbilt, thanks to the leadership of faculty researchers, scholars and artists and the support of grants managers and the Research Development and Support team within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. Read MoreApr 28, 2021
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Winter classes at Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute range from military history to the art of Tai Chi
Strategic challenges in U.S. military history, unpacking the 2020 election and the reduction of stress through Tai Chi are among the topics offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt for winter 2021. The noncredit classes are open to all those age 50 and older. Read MoreNov 16, 2020
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Vanderbilt-Fisk collaboration profiles careers of highly successful Black women during Depression, Jim Crow era
Vanderbilt-Fisk collaboration shares achievements of Black women artists in online ‘Women of Rosenwald’ exhibition, supported by the Mellon Partners for Humanities Education program. Read MoreOct 22, 2020
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Fortifying History: Vanderbilt research leads to UNESCO designation for Nashville’s Fort Negley
Two years ago, Fort Negley, a Union Army stronghold located a few miles east of Vanderbilt’s campus, was slated to be demolished to make way for one of Nashville’s newest mixed-use developments. Yet, in part because of efforts by Vanderbilt researchers to document the vital contributions African Americans made to building and defending the site, not only was Fort Negley spared, but the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also recognized it as a “Site of Memory” as part of its Slave Route Project. Read MoreAug 20, 2019
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Fort Negley receives international recognition thanks to the work of Vanderbilt scholars
As communities throughout the South struggle to determine appropriate ways of recognizing Civil War history, Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History, and Postdoctoral Fellow Angela Sutton have worked to draw attention to Fort Negley as a site that teaches the tragedy of slavery as well as celebrates the contributions of free and enslaved black people to Nashville and the nation’s history. Read MoreMay 22, 2019
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Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute announces spring classes
Pirates in the Atlantic world, religion in prison, and a workshop on jazz great Cole Porter are among the classes offered this spring by the Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Read MoreFeb 26, 2019
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Vanderbilt Osher 2018 summer term features Fisk courses
A survey of world art featuring Fisk collections, Nashville's diverse musical history, and cast-iron cooking are among summer classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt. Read MoreMay 4, 2018
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A Decade of Digital Humanities at Vanderbilt
This panel discusses some of the trials and triumphs of our international team who for longer than a decade have worked to preserve the oldest records for Africans in the Americas. The Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources for Slave Societies Digital Archive holds more than 600,000 unique images dating from the… Read MoreOct 27, 2016